Community Benefit
We’re committed to improving the health of the communities we serve by increasing access to high-quality healthcare services and education. Each year, UnityPoint Health participates in, and hosts, a variety of community services, including outreach and health programs, health fairs and community events and classes. We believe we have a financial responsibility to the public to provide community benefits and resources, including financial assistance, by investing in programs and activities that provide treatment and/or promote health and wellness in response to identified community needs.
Community Benefit Criteria
A community benefit must address an identified community need and meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Generate a low or negative margin
- Respond to needs of special populations, such as people living in poverty and other disenfranchised individuals
- Supply services or programs that would likely be discontinued if the decision was made on a purely financial basis
- Respond to public health needs
- Involve education or research that improves overall community health
What a community benefit includes:
- Financial assistance
- Government-sponsored indigent health care - unpaid costs of public programs, such as Medicaid
- State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
- Medically indigent programs
- Community benefit services
What a community benefit doesn't include:
- Bad debt
- Contractual allowances or quick-pay discounts
- Any portion of financial assistance costs already included in the subsidized healthcare services category
- Medicare shortfall
What Qualifies as a Community Benefit Service
The following qualify as a community benefit, if the program:
- Addresses an identified community need
- Includes low-income and underserved individuals
- Has a relationship to the organization's mission
- Meets a need that otherwise would need to be met by the government or another nonprofit organization
The following don’t qualify as a community benefit, if the program is:
- Provided for marketing purposes
- For employees only
- Required of all healthcare providers by rules or standards
- Questionable as to whether it should be reported
| Total Community Costs | |
| Financial Assistance Cost | $21,583,027 |
| Un-reimbursed Medicaid and Other Means Tested | $224,034,743 |
| Community Health Improvement Services and Community Benefit Operations | $10,024,471 |
| Subsidized Health Services | $35,827,102 |
| Health Professionals Education | $35,058,223 |
|
Research |
$583,629 |
|
Cash and In-Kind Contributions to Community Groups |
$46,995,572 |
| Community Building Activities | $2,964,023 |
| Bad Debt at Cost | $36,770,423 |
| Medicare Shortfall* | $104,984,970 |
| Income, Property, Payroll and Sales Taxes | $153,058,110 |
| Total Operating Expenses | |
|
Salaries and Benefits |
$2,973,456,000 |
| Supplies | $895,500,000 |
| Other Expenses | $739,857,000 |
| Depreciation and Amortization | $187,006,000 |
| Interest | $34,516,000 |
| Total Expenses | |
| Total 2021 Expenses | $4,830,335,000 |